8 Amendments of Guillaume BALAS related to 2017/2087(INI)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to avoid delays in the adoption of implementing measures and recommends defining clear deadlines and milestones for their finalisation and for the revision of existing regulations; calls on the Commission to release a measure as soon as it is completed; calls on the Commission to no longer prioritise voluntary agreements and to only apply them when they perform better or faster result than the application of regulatory measures;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of assessment to also include health aspects of products;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to also introduce ethical criteria such as the origin and extraction of the materials used, as well as the social conditions of the workers and local populations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, therefore, that the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive – in addition to, and without compromising continued efforts to improve energy efficiency – must now address systematically for each product group the full life cycle of the products within its scope, with the setting up of minimum resource criteria covering, inter alia, robustness, durability, repairability and upgradeability, but also sharing potential, reuse, scalability, recyclability and use of recycled materials; stresses the need for the durability of the products to be based on a minimum lifespan requirement and/or a free warranty, and for obliging manufacturers/retailers to take appropriate responsibility during the entire lifecycle of a product and to boost reparability, upgradability and modularity;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights the need for recyclability to be enhanced by using single or compatible plastic polymers, promoting the actual use of recycled materials;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that the use of materials and substances of critical importance, such as Rare Earth Elements (REE), or substances of toxic nature or of concern, such as for example Persistent Organic Polluters (POPs) and endocrine disruptors, shall be specifically considered under the broadened Ecodesign criteria in order to restrict their use or at least to ensure the possibility of extracting/separating them at end-of-life;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Commission has postponed action on information and communication technologies (ICT) such as mobiles and smartphones, pending further assessments and given the rapid technological changes in this product group; considers, however, that these products have a clear potential for improvements, in particular in terms of resource efficiency, and that ecodesign criteria should therefore be applied to them; stresses that the Commission should carefully assess and evaluate how to improve and verify the sustainability of such product groups for which spare parts, batteries and accessories should be easily replaceable and universal;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to provide the general public and in particular media with clear information about the benefits of ecodesign ahead of the release of a measure, and encourages the Commission and the Member States to communicate proactively on the benefits of Ecodesign measures as an integral part of the process of adopting Ecodesign measures and to engage more actively with stakeholders to improve people’s understanding of the legislation;